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This tag is for questions about the meaning of a word, which a dictionary cannot answer. If the question is about the meaning of a word that can't be understood outside its phrase or sentence, the "meaning-in-context" tag should be also used; for the meaning of a phrase, use the "phrase-meaning" tag instead. Your question should normally include the dictionary definition of the word, and explain how the dictionary does not answer your question.
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What does l "be taped-off" mean?
"To tape off" means to mark with tape — typically not with adhesive tape, but with yellow caution tape.
It's a phrasal verb; the hyphen is an error.
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What does it mean, "Flood down something"?
“Down” is used with the word “flood” to indicate that the (metaphorical) flood is ongoing and incomplete.
“Frightened pedestrians flooded the highway” would mean that the highway was completely obstru …
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What is the meaning of 'a window from seven to four' in this sentence?
As has been pointed out several times, a "window" was originally an opportunity.
The source of the metaphor was probably a service window: a teller's window at a bank, a ticket window at a train stat …
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meaning of the phrase "name over"?
"Named over" isn't a fixed phrase in English, the way "named after" and "named for" are.
"Over" means "pertaining to [some subject]", so you see uses like
There was a scandal over Trump's alleg …
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"We took turns in pushing the bike along." meaning?
Think about how two people would manage a bike that for some reason could not be ridden.
It would be awkward if they both held on to it, the difficulty of coordinating their effort would waste any be …
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initials after State Senator or State Assemblyperson's name
They are all party affiliations:
R — New York Republican Party
C — Conservative Party of New York
IP — Independence Party of New York State
RFM — Reform Party of New York
(New York is one of seven …
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Do "the masses" and "the multitude" give a sense of disdain, while "the public" doesn't?
Collective phrases for people like “the masses”, “the crowds”, and “hoi polloi”, and even generalized references like “the man on the street”, “John Q. Public”, and “Joe Lunchbox” can have a definite …
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What is the meaning of the white ship?
Those lines are quoted from the 1970 poem "Blood Bridge" by Jim Carroll, whose 1978 autobiography The Basketball Diaries was the basis for the movie.
What any line of poetry means is always up for de …
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What is the meaning of "this" in the following sentence?
Something this important required complete privacy.
means
Anything as important as this thing we are talking about required complete privacy.
which really means
This thing we are talkin …
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What does "rub a butt on him" mean?
I'm afraid that "butt" here means a cigarette: he is telling her to torture the prisoner with a lit cigarette, which she then does.
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Why you say 'ran **at** the column' but 'flung herself **against** the transparent door'
In this context, “at” implies direction and intentionality, but not success.
Charles lunged “at” Meg, deliberately and in her direction, but very well might miss.
“Against” means physically touching …
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"should always and always", Is it a idiomatic expression, is it informal or formal?
In fifty years of speaking English, I have never heard this expression.
I have heard should always, always, but it's pretty informal.
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Meaning of the phrase 'the way the meaning of things'
The distinction might be easier to see with a less complex word than indexicality. Consider instead the following two sentences:
“The adjective variable means that something changes.”
“The noun vari …
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Having been abandoned/ being abandoned
Let’s try a different sentence: “Can a cruise ship be used for passengers after having been/being sunk?”
I would say, the perfect case, “having been,” is called for. If the vessel were still on the …
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